Reconstruction

Other forms: Reconstructions

Definitions of Reconstruction
  1. noun
    the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
    synonyms: Reconstruction Period
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    age, historic period
    an era of history having some distinctive feature
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